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A moving drama that had audiences captivated has arrived on BBC iPlayer just in time for your midweek entertainment.Initially broadcast in 2023, Kindling represented writer-director Connor O'Hara's maiden feature film venture.Despite being a newcomer to the field, O'Hara collaborated with a remarkable ensemble featuring Sex Education's George Somner and fellow Netflix star Mia McKenna-Bruce (Agatha Christie's Seven Dials).The poignant drama follows a group of young men who journey back to their hometown for one final summer with their terminally ill mate, Sid (Somner).Grappling with his fate, Sid makes a plan to ensure the summer is unforgettable. He assembles his mates and challenges each of them to find an object that links their circle to either love, home, friends, family or locatio...

Avengers Doomsday already has a whopping cast. Robert Downey Jr’s evil Doctor Doom will face off against Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, the Fantastic Four, the New Avengers, the X-Men and more.But Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and directors The Russo Brothers have teased that some stars are yet to be announced, or may even surprise us with cameos when we sit in the cinema come Christmas.One big rumour is that Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will be showing up after their box office record-breaking solo movie.The latter is considered one of the original big-screen Marvel superheroes. And by the sounds of it, he’s about to battle another one.According to scooper MyTimeToShineHello: “In Avengers Doomsday, Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man fights Hugh Jac...

Over the past 80 years, there have been some incredible World War 2 combat movies recreating the great and terrible battles of the biggest conflict in human history.Some of the very best films in the genre are from a German perspective, with the likes of The Bridge, Downfall and Stalingrad.Yet according to film fans on IMDb, the greatest of them all is 1981's Das Boot.This West German thriller is an adaptation of the novel of the same name about the experiences of a German submariner's U-96 crew during the Battle of the Atlantic.Wolfgang Petersen's classic movie juxtaposes the heightened emotions of warfare with the boredom of the hunt.Nominated for six Oscars, Das Boot has also been released as a nearly five-hour miniseries in its original, uncut version. It was the German film with th...

A Downton Abbey star has joined the Netflix project (Image: Nick Briggs/ITV) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Streaming giant Netflix has announced several high-profile actors will be joining the cast of their upcoming film based on a best-selling book series.The new movie, which will feature familiar faces from shows like Downton Abbey and Midsomer Murders, comes from Gilmore Girls icon Amy Sherman-Palladino.Eloise is a live-adaptation of Kay Thompson’s book series of the same name, which is illustrated by Hilary Knight.The best-selling children’s books, which first came out in the 1950s, have become a beloved staple of many households through the generations.Netflix already previously announced that Hollyw...

John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski has had a Highlander reboot in the works for years.Christopher Lambert’s 1986 original followed an immortal Scottish swordsman from his 16th-century origins to the present day.The film has been green-lit with Henry Cavill in the starring role, and it turns out his Superman dad, Russell Crowe, is joining the cast in the Sean Connery mentor role.And now Cavill has shared two first-look images of the epic Highlander movie.Posting on Instagram two snaps of his titular character Connor MacLeod in a church and a Buddhist temple, Cavill captioned it: “Happy First Look for Highlander! This has been quite the journey for me, which I'll tell you all about when the time is right, but it's a special moment to be able to share this. I hope you enjoy. #High...

Jodie Comer stars in The Last Duel (Image: undefined)A 'powerful' and 'masterful' period drama featuring Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer is airing on Film4 this evening.The Last Duel, which came out in 2021, transports audiences to 1386 France for the nation's final legally sanctioned trial by combat.The film follows knight Jean de Carrouges (portrayed by Matt Damon) as he battles his one-time friend Jacques Le Gris (portrayed by Adam Driver) after Jean's wife, Marguerite (portrayed by Jodie Comer), accuses Jacques of raping her.The consequences are severe, with Marguerite facing execution by burning should Jean be defeated.Helmed by Gladiator director Ridley Scott, the film recounts the events through the eyes of all three central characters. The narrative is structured in thre...

Sean Connery starred in the film (Image: undefined)A 007 James Bond film featuring the legendary Sean Connery has sparked debate amongst audiences, with some hailing it as brilliant whilst others dismiss it as 'overrated' - and it's airing on ITV4 this evening.Thunderball, which hit cinemas in 1965, sees Bond racing against time to locate two NATO atomic bombs seized by the sinister terrorist organisation SPECTRE, who are demanding £100 million in diamonds or threatening global nuclear catastrophe.The operation is masterminded by the one-eyed villain Emilio Largo (played by Adolfo Celi).The suave Agent 007, James Bond (played by the late Sean Connery), is dispatched to retrieve the weapons from Largo's stronghold in the Bahamas, where he encounters deadly underwater assaults from both s...

This film was so violent the woman next to me walked out (Image: IMDb)When I was a teenager, my friends and I would run a competition where whoever could write the most violent, blood-soaked and gory short story would be declared the winner. Last night, I went to go and see 28 Years Later - The Bone Temple and saw that this little game clearly survived the years and is now a blockbuster tactic. I am no stranger to horror, nor gore - in fact, I was often declared the winner of my teenage short story competition - but The Bone Temple was truly something else.Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland, The Bone Temple picks up right where 28 Years Later finished. The young Spike (Alfie Williams) has been abducted by a sinister gang of Jimmy Savile lookalikes, led by Sir Lord Jimm...

Viewers have been profoundly moved by a powerful historical drama rooted in devastating true events, reports the Manchester Evening News.The acclaim follows similar praise for a TV series being called Netflix's "best", a period drama deemed a "masterpiece", and renewed interest in a beloved murder mystery series.Netflix's First They Killed My Father arrived in 2017, chronicling the experiences of a young girl trapped in the horrors of the 1970s Cambodian genocide under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime of dictator Pol Pot. The film opens in 1975 with five year old Loung Ung (portrayed by Sreymoch Sareum), daughter of a senior military official, as her family attempts to escape the advancing Khmer Rouge forces seizing the capital, Phnom Penh.As the narrative unfolds, Loung is forced to becom...

Netflix adds horror film that left fans ‘shaken to the core’ (Image: UNIVERSAL PICTURES)It director Andy Muschietti’s breakthrough horror film that some fans may have forgotten has just been added to Netflix.Originally released in 2013, it features a stellar lead performance from Jessica Chastain, who went on to portray Beverly Marsh in the hit Stephen King adaptation.Also starring Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Yellowjackets’ Isabelle Nélisse, Mama follows two young girls who lose their parents in a horrific event years earlier.After managing to escape, they’re drawn into a dark forest where they’re raised by a sinister entity.When the sisters are later rescued by their father’s twin brother, they try to start a new life in the real world but soon discover that the mysterio...